Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Cherryville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071030602 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,617 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Cherryville
Tract 37071030602 sits in Cherryville, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Population here is 2,617. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,070
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$34,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cherryville and the region
Centroid at 35.3983, -81.4199 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cherryville scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cherryville
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$737 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cherryville
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cherryville
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cherryville
5.2
How Cherryville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 178Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 18.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cherryville
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $737, 30% below the Cherryville average.
The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
It sits 1.0 points above the Gaston County average of 4.0. Cost burden runs 35% here against 40.3% across Gaston County.
The filing record is not thin: 178 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 12.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030602?
Census tract 37071030602 in Cherryville scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37071030602?
Median gross rent is $737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030602?
26.0% of residents in tract 37071030602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,617.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 33th, minority 15th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 178 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.05% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030602 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071030602 compare to Cherryville overall?
Tract 37071030602 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Cherryville at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cherryville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cherryville
Top eight tracts in Cherryville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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